Barnard, Christopher J. and Behnke, Jerzy M. and Gage, Alexander R. and Brown, Hazel and Smithurst, Peter R. (1998) Maternal effects on the development of social rank and immunity trade-offs in male laboratory
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Barnard, Christopher J. and Behnke, Jerzy M. and Gage, Alexander R. and Brown, Hazel and Smithurst, Peter R. (1997) Modulation of behaviour and testosterone concentration in immunodepressed male
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Maternal effects on the development of social rank and immunity trade-offs in male laboratory mice (Mus musculus).
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